Wow, what happened here?
Gal, I'm afraid I must suggest that you're confused on a bunch of issues you've discussed in this thread. Sex itself is not the cause of "everything in this thread" or actually really any societal ills on its own. Responsible sex between consenting adults, between partners, et cetera is very much harmless and has benefits in strengthening the bond between couples and reducing stress and other such positives for one's well-being. I myself could live without it, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't have a positive effect for us, much like it was designed to, considering that we are social animals.
When we start talking about problems that come along with sexual desires, it's no longer fair to blame sex, we're talking about a monster more complicated, and while it's true that wiping out recreational sex from the species would probably fix this, it's no more a viable or appropriate solution than wishing women weren't around to be raped to solve the rape of women. So let's be realistic for a moment about what the true problems are now and try to address them.
A lot of the issues we have with sexualizing and objectifying women and girls is a direct result of beliefs, ideals and double-standards, whether proudly promoted or subconsciously held, by many people in places like the United States (something both you and I can talk about easily), or even more extreme and overt issues elsewhere.
The movement and the efforts to remove these double-standards, to allow a woman to be in touch with her sexuality or lack thereof, or her own desires, or in control of her clothing or mannerisms or career without being subject to humiliation, mistreatment, belittlement or violence because of this
is feminism. And a great deal of our societal problems re sexuality and women can be greatly relieved by addressing these gender issues. It also means redefining what it is that makes a woman deserving of respect and equal treatment from abiding by particular social expectations to being a human being.
No, feminism is
not defined by the most crazy self-identified feminists you can find on the internet. I recommend that you familiarize yourself with what exactly feminism is as an ideology rather than let your opinions be entirely formed by your disgust with the loud minority of its proponents. Like I said in an earlier post to you, I made this mistake once myself. You know, it's not very cool to self-identify as a feminist, especially nowadays, you can get a lot of shit for it, and there's the immediate connotation of you being an out-of-control man-hater. It sounds a lot more interesting and it gets you far more compliments from men to say that you don't necessarily agree with feminism, especially when you're both operating under the assumption that feminism is this caricature and not just the idea that women should be equal to men.
Here's a little tip, not necessarily for you, but I guess for anyone: if you're proud of being anti-feminist, whatever, do what you need to do to feel unique, but if you find a man who is also proud of you for it, you should get the fuck away from him. He might actually mean it. If you are proud of being anti-feminist and your definition of it is actually that women deserve to be equal, then I couldn't feel more sorry for you.
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